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by more than a million
people in both countries
and simulcast live on 96.3
(-WPLT radio).
Fish, who also will con
tinue producing the annu
al broadcast of the local
Thanksgiving Day parade
brings radio and televisio n
experience to the produc-
tion, having entered the
broadcast world in 1974,
when he began working
on the high school radio
station in Oak Park.
While attending Michigan
State University, he was
hired as a disc jockey at a
Lansing radio station.
"There was a startup
TV station in that area,
and when I graduated,
they hired me," Fish
recalls. "I worked in radio
and TV until TV became
a full-time job. I got
awards for [creating] pro-
motions [for the Lansing
station] and became pro-
duction manager. I ended
up going to Grand Rapids
as a promotion producer
for two years and went to
Channel 4 as promotion
producer in 1988."
After working his way
into other producer and
writer positions, Fish
moved on to program-
ming and then field pro-
ducing. He has been
The Hudson's Fireworks light up the Detroit skyline.
behind the scenes for pro-
grams on the Temptations
and a retrospective of the
Temple Israel, is married to a profession-
'60s as well as campaigns to help the
al soul mate. His wife, Audrey, is vice
Detroit Zoo and Greenfield Village.
president of creative services for the local
The decision to open his own pro-
FOX station (Channel 2). They have a
duction company came last fall.
4-year-old daughter, Alexandra, and they
"I wanted to try other video work,"
like to spend any free time with her.
says Fish, who now is available for cor-
"Broadcasting is always changing and
porate and industrial work as well as
challenging," Fish says. "Even though
broadcasting. One of his current pro-
I've been doing the fireworks for many
jects is Famies Adventures in Cooking,
years, there's always something new
which airs on WDIV and may have
about it. The big bonus is that I don't
other broadcast outlets.
have to sit behind a desk all day"
We havegreat fun with the cook-
ing show, and we've even gone to
Australia with it," says Fish, who holds
The Hudson's Fireworks, featur-
Emmy Awards for his local program-
ing "Sizzling Summer Sounds,"
ming, including the fireworks.
airs 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 28,
"The parade and fireworks projects
on WDIV (Channel 4) and
take me back to my younger years. I
96.3 (WPLT radio). Fireworks
remember going down to see the
begin at 10:06 p.m. If rain
parade when I was a kid, and I
forces a postponement, the
remember going down to the fire-
show will air on June 29.
works when I was a teen-ager."
Fish, who had his bar mitzvah at
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